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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:55 pm 
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Guys, guys, guys, (and girls ...)

If someone ever gets the chance .... dyno Opti-crap againts the BP Ultimate .... I think you may find the BP slightly better, and definatley more consistent ... not quite sure why .....

All the hype around Opti-crap .. maybe because it was the first to the market, or the added TV marketing ... everyone believes in it .....

But BP ULTIMATE EATS THE shell stuff.


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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 11:51 am 
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Disco Frank wrote:
kenny wrote:
The bestway to get the best out of 98oct is to advance your timing until it pings under HOT working load then retard your timing 1 deg at a time , when it don't ping anymore retard the timing a degree further as a safety margin, Just be sure to use it all the time or she'll ping her guts out
also by doing the timing it should better fuel economy as well. :idea:

yes it would but how u advance timing a AUXr6 that has coil packs!

With great difficulty!!
or go out & buy ,install an aftermarket ECU with programming capabilities for the ignition.
I was led to believe the coil pack AU's, advanced the timing to the most optimum timing to suit the fuel being ran , isn't that one of the purposes of knock sensor? ,I don't Know I am just stating what I was told????

 

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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:50 pm 
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Is there an aditive like there is for unleaded to leaded fuels?

 

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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:34 pm 
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My car isnt no racecar and really dont see the differance in the fuels unless im running 400+hp.

the car was built to run on normal crap and thats how i like it.

just my 2c thank you :D

 

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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:09 pm 
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I've had no problems getting optimax in Melb... I guess the area I bought it in doesnt have a high demand. :roll:
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 9:29 pm 
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the reason why i say this is that have u ever being 2 a serrvo and their tanks r low well same s**t that happends if u run ur car with low fuel in the tank u will f**k the fuel pump so im waiting at least 2weeks before i buy any optimax as i have just replaced the fuel pump :lol:

 

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Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:32 pm 
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Ben_Daui wrote:
BP utltimate $1.12.9L get it its cheap or BP premium is good 2 95RON 4cents more then 91RON ulp :lol:
pay no more than $1.05 l here for ultimate. touchy I know but when I get a woolies docket i use thier premium , of course u can go to caltex now as well ,had no problems, I got au1xr8. :D

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:35 pm 
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5150 wrote:
Guys, guys, guys, (and girls ...)

If someone ever gets the chance .... dyno Opti-crap againts the BP Ultimate .... I think you may find the BP slightly better, and definatley more consistent ... not quite sure why .....

All the hype around Opti-crap .. maybe because it was the first to the market, or the added TV marketing ... everyone believes in it .....

But BP ULTIMATE EATS THE shell stuff.


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It eats it because ultimate has a longer shelf life than optimax. Optimax tends to go stale much quicker than ultimate.
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:43 pm 
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why duz everyone use premium? wats wrong with ulp?

 

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Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 11:49 pm 
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I recently used a premium fuel from a no name servo in Appin, and when I asked the octane rating, the big fella said that it was 102ron, I nearly fell over doubting him but he claimed they were trialing a new fuel from a BIG name fuel Co. to see if anyone noticed the difference, So I put it to the test ,my car is timed to run on 98 so I advanced the timing about 3-4 degrees to 36deg total advance ,& guess what it ran like a charm but next time I used Ultimate it pinged under heavy acceleration?
Maybe he wasn't s**t me, & for $1.12L it was good value :?:

 

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